Call for entries is open until 10th March 2015.We welcome two categories of documentary, docu-feature, feature and animation films: films about children and films made by children (up to 18 years old). The special focus of the first edition is the children's popular culture. However we are broadly interested in the films that give us the insight into children's lives. Short and mid-lenght films are accepted.You can find call for entries here: https://www.dropbox.com/…/Festival%20regulations%20and%20en…... more »

Erasmus Mundus Master's Degree in Women's and Gender Studies (GEMMA)Fourth Edition (2010-2012)Category A Scholarships for third country (non-EU) students and grants for third country visiting scholarsThe Research Centre for Women's Studies at the University of Granada is pleased to inform that the GEMMA Erasmus Mundus scholarship application period for third country (non-EU) students and scholars to take part in its fourth edition (2010-2012) is open until 31 December 2009.GEMMA is a joint European Master in Women's and Gender Studies selected by the European Commission as an Erasmus ... more »

16.12.2009Collaborative Exchange PhD in Pathways to Cosmopolitanism

Collaborative Exchange PhD in Pathways to Cosmopolitanism (NUS, Singapore)http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/prospective/grad/research/cosmopolitanism.htmBackgroundThe Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), National University of Singapore (NUS) invites applications for admission to a full-time PhD programme linking FASS, NUS, with the University of Manchester. This collaborative exchange PhD offers students the unique opportunity to benefit from the physical and human resources of the two universities, as well as to pursue research into cosmpolitanism at two world cities, each with its different cosmopolitan culture.At least one research scholarship is available ... more »

Anthropology Reviews: Dissent and Cultural PoliticsCall for SubmissionsDear Colleagues, Anthropology Reviews is a new online journal, published in the United Kingdom but aiming at a European and international status. The Editorial Board is currently looking for submissions for the first issue of the journal, and we welcome submissions from all regional and subdisciplinary specialisations.More details can be found at this link:http://www.ebslondon.ac.uk/ICES/research/publications/anthropology_journal.aspxThe editors would appreciate it greatly if you could pass on this message to any suitable persons you may think of. We're especially interested in hearing from younger scholars, including postgraduate students who have recently returned from the field, or who are about to enter the field, or who are currenlty in the field.Yours,David O'Kane Ph.D., 2009.... more »

09.11.2009INVITATION - photo project »Room with the view«

If you are travelling or on study exchange you are welcome to participate at the photo project »Room with the view«. Wherever you will be staying, all you have to do is to take a picture of your view from the window. Send the pictures until 30.5.2010 to turkowa@gmail.comPictures should be in JPG, high quality resolution.Photo exhibition will be organised at Celica Youth Hostel and projection at Klub Gromka, Metelkova.For additional info please contact me on mail: turkowa@yahoo.comBest, Barbara Turk Niskač... more »

09.11.2009OESA 2010: Heritage Ethnography Field School

7 WEEK PROGRAM: May 23 July 10, 2010Yucatán, MexicoBased in Pisté and Maya Communities surrounding Chichén Itzá, One of the New Seven Wonders of the WorldStudents do research on an issue they select according to their interests. Possible areas of work include:Art & Intangible Cultural HeritageArchaeological HeritageEthnography of ArchaeologyTourism Development & UrbanismCommunity Strategies of TourismSocial History through Life HistoriesApplied and Action ResearchArt Exhibitions and Ethnographic InstallationMaya Forms of Health & Healing Environmental HeritageStudents enroll in two courses and receive 8 credits in Anthropology:"Anthropology Seminar in Heritage Issues""Ethnographic Research & Field Work Practicum"Program includes intensive training in spoken Yucatec Maya language for ethnographic field work .OESA Program Fees include:Direct Enrollment with Accredited University TranscriptFood & Lodging, Homestays with Maya families in PistéLocal Field Trips to Chichén Itzá, ... more »

05.08.2009Contributions for publication in the journal Urbani izziv/Urban Challenge

Dear colleagues,We would like to invite you to submit contributions for publication in the journal Urbani izziv/Urban Challenge. Contributions from various scientific fields and disciplines will be published (e.g., architecture, landscape architecture, geography, sociology, economics, etc.), presenting the scientific and expert interests of authors in:spatial planning, urban planning and design, landscape planning and design, regional development,natural and cultural heritage protection, environmental protection, spatial informatics, housing studies, traffic studies,access for the disabled, etc.The contributions are subject to blind peer review and count as a reference in domestic and foreign scientific environments.The deadline for submitting contributions is 30th September 2009.The deadline for submitting contributions for publication in the section Presentations and information is 15th October 2009. The contributions published in this part of the journal are not peer-reviewed.Please find attached Notes for contributors, which are also available at: http://urbaniizziv.urbinstitut.si/... more »

05.08.2009Summer Programmes: Galillee College, Israel

Dears,Following the success of the Summer Programmes, Galillee College, Israel has now developed a winter programme for faculty and graduate students from around the world who are interested in the Middle East. The programme focuses on the Jewish/Christian/Islam religious their roots in Israel and relations and Israeli – Palestinian conflict, background and current situation. The programme begins with an overview of the Land of Israel-Palestine region, presenting the historical background of the region, as well as an overview of social and economic conditions, ethnic and religious backgrounds. The lectures are supplemented by Study Tours to enable students to experience these issues at first hand. The duration of the programme is twelve days and it is very intensive; comprising 80 academic hours of lectures by Palestinian and Israeli academic and experts, offering their respective points of view. In addition, Study Tours to historical sites and will offer the students additional first hand experience of the region. Should you want further information regarding the upcoming winter programme, please do not hesitate to contact me.Kind regards & SHALOMMrs. Shoshi Norman Programme Director (web page: http://www.galilcol.ac.il/page.asp?id=344)International Centre of Middle East and Religious StudiesGalillee CollegeIsraelsnorman@galilcol.ac.il... more »

27.05.20096th DRC Summer School

It is great pleasure of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM), Vienna, IDResearch Ltd (IDR), Pécs in co-operation with Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest and the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Pécs to inform you about our next Summer University of the Danube Rectors Conference in Budapest, Hungary between 5 and 12 July 2009. The general topic is Regime Change and Transitions across the Danubian Region: 1989 – 2009.For more details please see attached Call for paper, Application Form and Program (draft).There are only a few more places left!On behalf of Susan Milford and Istvan Tarrósywith warmest regards,Mr. Zoltán VörösIDResearch Ltd.Tel.: +36-30-867-1955Fax: +36-72-522-624e-mail: voros@idresearch.hudrcsummerschool.eu... more »

18.05.2009The Gueen Jadwiga Fund - Competition 2009/2010

Dear Colleagues,According to our nine-year long tradition so far, the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, announces a competition for The Queen Jadwiga Fund Scholarships for the academic year 2009/2010. The scholarships are dedicated to young academic staff and doctoral students of the universities in Central and Eastern Europe.Since 2000 more than 770 scholarships were granted to recipients from 21 countries. Their stay in Krakow provides a scientific research under the tuition of the Jagiellonian professors for 1-3 months between October2009 and June 2010. Papers are being received till June 15th 2009 and the results will be known in July 2009.At the same time the competition for the Jozef Dietl Scholarship is announced, dedicated to doctoral students in medical sciences. Their stay provides 12-month research (October 2009 - September 2010) at the Jagiellonian University Medical College.Please find attached (application form, announcement 1, announcement 2)all useful information regarding the competition together with the website: http://www.uj.edu.pl/funduszestypendialne/.Yours sincerely,Jadwiga BigosJagiellonian University Funds Jagiellonian University, Centre for Information and Promotion ul. Piłsudskiego 8/1, 31-109 Kraków tel. +48 12 430-10-12... more »

02.04.2009Freie Universität Berlin International Summer and Winter University

Freie Universität Berlin International Summer and Winter University (FUBiS) invites registrations for summer termsFUBiS is an intensive, academic program through which students can earn credits that may be counted towards their degrees at their home institutions. FUBiS sessions run for 4 to 6 weeks and take place both in summer and winter:- Term II: June 6 - July 18, 2009 (6 weeks), registration deadline: May 21, 2009- Term III: July 25 - August 22, 2009 (4 weeks), registration deadline: July 9, 2009Students applying before May 11 (term II) / June 29 (term III) will save 50 Euro off the Program Fee.About the Program and its coursesFUBiS participants can choose from language and/or subject classes. The students are offered intensive and semi-intensive German language classes at five different proficiency levels as well as Business German. Additionally FUBiS offers a broad spectrum of fascinating subject classes on various topics. These classes are held mostly in English by distinguished German and international faculty. Upon successful completion, every student will be awarded an official transcript containing contact hours, ECTS credits and grades. Courses are open to undergraduate and graduate students.Here is a selection of courses available in summer 2009:Term II:- German Language Courses at five different proviciency levels- Creating a Solo Performance: The Berlin Wall and The Art of Memory- Transatlantic Relations- Exploring Contemporary Germany and Berlin- Turks, Jews & Other Germans - Minorities & Migrant Communities in Berlin & Beyond- Art in BerlinTerm III:- German Language Courses at five different ... more »

Deadline: 15. 4. 2009You can find more informations about programme on website: http://www.emahumanrights.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=214&Itemid=114... more »

23.03.2009Movinganthropology: A Post-doc position in social sciences

The Center of Excellence EXC16 "Cultural Foundations of Integration" at the Konstanz University invites applications for a full-time Postdoc Position for 2 years with an option for another year in the framework of the research group "Idioms of Social Analysis," starting date May 1st, 2009 or later. This position can be divided into two half-time positions.Applicantions from the disciplines of political science, sociology anthropology and cultural studies are strongly encouraged.The interdisciplinary research group "Idioms of Social Analysis" is dedicated to the investigation of the historical, social, and cultural processes that form the frame conditions for analyses of the social. It is also concerned with how such analyses contribute to the imagination of, and help orient within, societies. The research group is affiliated with the sociological branch of the Department of History and Sociology, yet operates on an interdisciplinary basis. More details (in English and German) can be found in the attached document.... more »

16.03.2009Summer Term 2009 at Bogazici University in Istanbul /Turkiye

Bogazici University Summer Term is an intensive seven-week program offering a rich variety of courses in the social and natural sciences, history, language, engineering and education. Summer Term 2009 will start on June 25, 2009 and end August 8, 2009. Summer Term courses and programs are offered to undergraduate and graduate students from other universities in Turkey or abroad, including those who have just received acceptance, as well as to its own students. All lectures are in English. After Summer Term an official transcript, which is valid for most universities in the world, will be offered.If you want to spend your summer time to reduce the irregularity of your academic program at Bogazici University where east and west meet, please; contact us using the summer@boun.edu.tr e-mail address. How to Apply?Applicants are required to fill out and submit the application form, which is available at the following address: http://www.summer.boun.edu.tr/outside-application.php?studentapplicationAfter applying all the applicants will be informed via e-mail about registration procedures. AccommodationSummer Term accommodation is available at the Ucaksavar Residence Hall and at the Superdorm, both of which are located on the Ucaksavar Campus which is very near to main campus at Bogazici University.You can find more information on our WEB www.summer.boun.edu.trContact InformationWEB: www.summer.boun.edu.trE-Mail: summer@boun.edu.trPhone: +90 (212) 359 71 42 +90 (212) 359 67 10Fax: +90 (212) 265 98 22... more »

09.03.2009EMUNI - Call for doctoral research seminars

Dear Colleagues,It is our pleasure to inform you that EMUNI is launching a Call for doctoral students to apply for 2- week EMUNI Doctoral Research Seminars 2009 to be held in Slovenia, Portorož. During the seminar students will have the opportunity to elaborate their doctoral thesis and write research papers. Furthermore, they will be able to develop an interdisciplinary approach in an intercultural environment.In academic year 2008/09 the following two doctoral research seminars will e organised:De-Pollution of Mediterranean Basin (delivered from May 4 to 16, 2009)University Systems (delivered from May 18 to 30, 2009)Seminars offer great opportunity for students to improve their doctoral thesis as well as to contribute to intercultural and international experience. he participation in the seminar is free of charge. EMUNI offers scholarships for accommodation (at EMUNI) and for meals. Application forms for seminar and for scholarship are available through http://www.emuni.si/en/strani/181/Doctoral-Research-Seminars.htmlSincerely Yours,Anica NovakCenter EMUNIEducation DepartmentT: +386 5 671 36 04F: +386 5 671 36 05www.emuni.si... more »

02.03.2009Social Science News

Attached please find the March issue of Social Science News.... more »

15.12.2008The city from below: call for participation

March 27th-29th, 2009Baltimorehttp://cityfrombelow.orgThe city has emerged in recent years as an indispensable concept for many of the struggles for social justice we are all engaged in - it´s a place where theory meets practice, where the neighborhood organizes against global capitalism, where unequal divisions based on race and class can be mapped out block by block and contested, where the micropolitics of gender and sexual orientation are subject to metropolitan rearticulation, where every corner is a potential site of resistance and every vacant lot a commons to be reclaimed, and, most importantly, a place where all our diverse struggles and strategies have a chance of coming together into something greater.In cities everywhere, new social movements are coming into being, hidden histories are being uncovered, and unanticipated futures are being imagined and built - but so much of this knowledge remains, so to speak, at street-level. We need a space to gather and share our stories, our ideas and analysis, a space to come together and rethink the city from below. To that end, a group of activists and organizers, including Red Emma´s, the Indypendent Reader, campbaltimore, and the Campaign for a Better Baltimore are calling for a conference called The City From Below, to take place in Baltimore during the weekend of March 27,28,29, 2009 at 2640, a grassroots community center and events venue.Our intention to focus on the city first and foremost stems from our own organizing experience, and a recognition that the city is very often the terrain on which we fight, and which we should be fighting for. To take a particularly salient example from Baltimore, it is increasingly the case that labor struggles, especially in the service sector, need to confront not just unfair employers, but structurally disastrous municipal development policies. While the financial crisis plays out in the national news and in the spectacle of legislative action, it is at the level of the urban community where foreclosures can be directly challenged and the right to a non-capitalist relation to housing can be fought for. Our right to an autonomous culture, to our freedom to dissent, to public spaces and to public education all hinge increasingly on our relation to the cities in which we live and to the people and forces in control of them. And our cities offer some truly inspiring and creative examples of resistance - from the community garden to the neighborhood assembly.We are committed in organizing this conference to a horizontal framework of participation, ... more »

15.12.2008European City Seminars

Call for participants: European city seminarsBruxelles and Charleroi (Belgium), 13 - 16 March 2009.Chemnitz, Chomutov and the Czech-German borderland, 10 - 20 July 2009.It has been argued that there is something distinctive about a European City when compared to, for instance, an American city. The ´European City´as a sociological concept relies on the idea that cities in Europe have demonstrated their power and willingness to make interventions for the prevention of social conflict and the good of it inhabitants. Often, these interventions took place against the strict financial logic or current global trends. In the 19th century, sewage systems and street lighting were first installed into the poor neighbourhoods and local councils choose to house people who weren´t able to afford buying or renting property. The rise of the national (welfare) state to its strongest position somewhat reduced the power of cities, as many of the social institutions were transferred to the state. However, today, with pan-continental institutions and global economic forces coming to the fore, national governments have been weakened to a certain extent. The partial withdrawal of the welfare state again leaves local decision makers in an interesting position. What can and what will they do? How large is the space for independent policies? Are they forced to restructure the European City according to market principles, or will it become a corrective counter-force, which seeks to maintain social cohesion in places where the social fabric has been destroyed by economic changes?With these statements in mind, the websites European City and Plotki and the Centre Bruxellois d´action interculturelle invite researchers, journalists and artists to participate in a unique project that will deal with social cohesion in European cities affected by de-industrialization.Selected participants will participate at the following research seminars:A three day-long research seminar in Bruxelles and Charleroi (Belgium), 13 - 16 March 2009.A ten day-long ´travelling´ research seminar in the ´ex-industrial´ areas of the Czech Republic and Germany. Focusing mostly but not exclusively on the two old-industrial cities of Chomutov and Chemnitz, researches will present and discuss their own papers and participate in field research in Chemnitz, Chomutov and the Czech-German borderland, 10 - 12 July 2009.The programme is open for everyone living in a EU member state with good knowledge of English. Researchers (senior researchers, PHD and MA students in the widest range of social science including but not limited to sociology, geography, anthropology, ... more »

15.12.2008MacArthur Global Migration and Human MobilityGrants

MacArthur FoundationGlobal Migration and Human Mobility Grantmaking GuidelinesPurpose: In 2006, the Foundation began grantmaking under a new Initiative on Global Migration and Human Mobility. Through this initiative, the Foundation will support a small number of institutions and projects, with the aim of advancing three main objectives: 1) to develop improved understandings of global migration through support of policy-relevant empirical research and improved sources of data on migrant flows; 2) to encourage better governance of migration at global, regional, and national levels; and 3) to stimulate new thinking on broader issues of global human mobility.Strategies: MacArthur will be providing a limited number of grants in the following areas: